For episode 007 of Tales from My Spinner Rack, there’s only one comic book to fit the bill … featuring Bond, James Bond. Showcase #43, March 1963. James Bond TM & © EON Productions Limited and Danjaq LLC Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! Who would have... Continue Reading →
Flash Gordon #1, September 1966, first King Comics issue. Art by Al Williamson. TM & © King Features Syndicate. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! That cover of Flash Gordon #1 heralded a couple of firsts when it premiered in the summer of 1966 (cover-dated September). It... Continue Reading →
Superman #146, July 1961. Art by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye. TM & © DC. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! You know the drill: Strange visitor from another planet, baby Kal-El is launched in an experimental rocket to Earth by his parents Jor-El and Lara (no-El)... Continue Reading →
Captain Atom #84, January 1967. Cover by Steve Ditko. TM & © DC. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! “Way back when … in ’67 …” as Steely Dan once sang … if I had returned home from one of my twice-weekly trips to the newsstand in... Continue Reading →
Avengers #93, November 1971. Cover by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer. TM & © MARVEL. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! Avengers #93, cover dated November 1971, but on sale in August of that year, is special for a number of reasons. First off, it’s the first... Continue Reading →
Watch out ladies ... there's a wolf-man on the loose in Metropolis! Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44, April 1960 TM & © DC Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! I loved Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen as a kid, so much so that when my older brother, Rick,... Continue Reading →
Definitely "THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE," Fantastic Four #45, Dec, 1965. All art TM & © MARVEL Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! Welcome to the first installment of my new (hopefully!) weekly feature, Tales from My Spinner Rack. This week we focus on my all-time favorite... Continue Reading →
New year, new banner! In honor of the debut of our new feature, "Tales from My Spinner Rack," we're featuring a brand new banner based on the graphics I'm creating special for each weekly post. The image above shows the filtered graphic, while the one below shows the original photo, compiled from four different pics... Continue Reading →
Over the past few years, I have slowly built up a second comic book collection, this one far more curated than the “buy anything on the stands” or “I have to have EVERY Marvel comic they put out” approach of my youth. That first collection, shared—and largely bankrolled for the first quarter century or so... Continue Reading →
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